Posts Tagged ‘career services’
Challenging the value proposition: do career services prepare students for today’s working models?
Amber Wigmore Alvarez, PhD, Chief Talent Officer, Highered EFMD Upon successful conclusion of the 2022 EFMD Annual Conference, I reflect upon an invigorating experience moderating the breakout session entitled “Challenging the value proposition: Do career services prepare students for today’s working models?”. Panellists Dasha Karzunina, Skills Transformation Consultant, EMEA (Coursera, UK) and Jaromír Staroba, Prague…
Read MoreConnecting with careers at the 2022 CPDI
By Maria Moragianis, Head of Career Development & Community Engagement, Highered. This year’s CPDI (Career Professionals Development Institute), graciously hosted by EADA Business School in Barcelona was the first in-person EFMD careers event since the Covid-19 outbreak and the energy was high among the 20 careers professionals participating. After two years of online connecting, it…
Read MoreEFMD 4 Ukraine, a platform to connect Ukrainian talent and companies
The rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine is heavily impacting the Ukrainian population that has to defend its way of life and sovereignty and fight for survival. Some are on the forefront, some are displaced within the country, others had to flee abroad and seek refuge in neighbouring central and…
Read MoreCheck out who’s coming to the 2022 EFMD Global Fairs Powered by Highered
We have an all-star line-up of speakers prepared to take centre stage at the April edition of the EFMD Global Fairs Powered by Highered. The following speakers are ready to engage with the thousands of students and graduates already registered from more than 100+ EFMD schools around the world: The Digital Conference on Day 1,…
Read MoreHiring Trends for Business School Graduates: 2021 Corporate Recruiters Survey
Nine in ten corporate recruiters expect the demand for business school graduates to increase or remain stable in the next five years, according to the 2021 Corporate Recruiters Survey. This annual GMAC survey provides vital data for employers and business schools in understanding trends and insights about hiring, salaries, and skills for MBA and business…
Read MoreReflections on the state of the career services industry in a post-COVID marketplace
The Career Professionals Development Institute (CPDI) was inaugurated in November 2019, following years of feedback from Career Services professionals from the EFMD Global network, as to the need to go deeper into the challenges of the industry. Since then, this program, which is jointly organised by Highered and EFMD, has endeavoured to equip talent professionals…
Read MoreEFMD Global Virtual Career Fairs by Highered
As we embark upon a new year, at Highered, we have been overwhelmed with feedback from our EFMD school members as to the challenging year that we have left behind. While the obvious situation and circumstances have been trying to say the least, we are motivated to continue implementing initiatives to support Career Services, employers…
Read MoreThe EFMD Virtual Career Fair Series by Highered
COVID-19 has dramatically impacted higher education, forcing schools to adapt to online teaching in a matter of days. We have all witnessed how this virus is influencing our communities, our families and our way of life. While what we are facing is daunting, EFMD and Highered have mobilised forces and launched the EFMD Virtual Career…
Read MoreThe future of career fairs is now: EFMD and Highered get Virtual Career Fair Series up and running
Talk about the future landing on our doorsteps. Last week, Stewart Butterfield, the CEO of Slack, came on Twitter to say he used to believe the inevitable switch from email inboxes to work channels would happen in 5-7 years. That’s until Covid-19 spread like wildfire around the globe forcing organisations to gear up for remote…
Read MorePost a Job Ad – Reach more than 600 schools in one click
The Highered self-posting service provides access to the official Global Career Services platform used by more than 600+ top schools worldwide. Free trial for EFMD companies member until March 15, 2020. For a limited time, EFMD invites your organization to post opportunities on a complimentary basis to Highered, the official EFMD Shared Career Services platform.…
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